Vyair Supply Chain – Desktop

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The context

The challenge

Global effort

Scaling up

Impact

Optimization

Workers from Spirit AeroSystems joined Vyaire’s team to boost production. All they needed next were parts. But the devices comprise hundreds of components from dozens of suppliers worldwide.

1. The context

The challenge

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Rising to the challenge

Managing the ventilator supply chain during the pandemic

Discover how

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The context

2. The challenge

Global effort

During the pandemic, suppliers struggled with extraordinary demand from the medical-device industry and elsewhere.

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The challenge

3. Global effort

Optimization

Around the clock, Vyaire and McKinsey teams worked directly with suppliers to clear bottlenecks and avoid delays.

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Global effort

4. Optimization

Scaling up

In one case, teams traveled to a supplier, mapped their entire process flow, and installed IoT sensors to measure and improve efficiency…all in a single day.

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Optimization

5. Scaling up

Impact

The supply-chain efforts paid off. Typical production rates were 5 to 7 units a day. At its peak, Vyaire’s most productive line hit 600 units a day.

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Scaling up

6. The results

Start over

Ultimately, Vyaire was able to ramp production from approximately 500 in 12 weeks to 19,000 in the same period of time (~38X as much).

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in 12 weeks

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19,000

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